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Changes in Racing Rules. 
Some interesting decisions on changes in the 
racing rules of the \ acht Racing Association 
will be rendered at the meeting held this week at 
the Hotel Astor. Racing dates will be decided 
upon. 
The question of whether a mark becomes a 
mark after preparatory signal or after starting 
signal will be voted on. d his seems an innocent 
question, but when Rainbow tried tO' force a 
passage between Yankee and the judges tug 
Moran at a recent regatta, the foul likely to 
occur would shift under the present rule from 
one to the other the second the starting whistle 
blew, the mark being merely an obstruction be¬ 
fore the starting signal, but became a mark the 
second it sounded. 
An interesting definition proposed is that a 
ketch must have the afterside of her jigger mast 
forward of the point of immersion aft. 
One is that any error in measurement of a 
yacht discovered at any time prior to the close 
of the yachting season shall be corrected and 
the results of the season’s races made to con¬ 
form to the change. 
Mr. Frank Bonne Jones will propose that the 
starting line be fixed as the range line between 
the judges’ steamer and a mark boat near 
her, instead of the line between windward and 
leeward mark boats, the range system being 
more accurate and in general use in England. 
Other changes in respect to re-lettering classes 
and retaining deck fittings, etc., will be voted on. 
A Large Contract. 
A transaction of unusual importance in the 
motor boat world was lately consummated by 
the Ferro Machine & Foundry Co., of Cleve¬ 
land, O., in the sale of 500 Ferro auto-marine 
engines to the W. H. Mullins Co., of Salem, 
O., approximate cost being $65,000. 1 his is the 
largest contract for small marine gasolene en¬ 
gines ever made in America. 
Practically every type of marine engine on 
the market was considered, and competitive 
tests were made at Salem in various boats. 
Subsequent events bear out the wisdom of the 
decision, for at the Chicago show the leading 
experts and engine builders united in pro¬ 
nouncing it the best constructed marine engine 
they had seen. 
This is a powerful tribute, as well as the most 
practical compliment that can be paid to the 
merit of the Ferro auto-marine engine, when 
a concern of such reliable business standing and 
world-wide reputation practically confines all de¬ 
mands to the one mark of engine. It means 
that a wide road of investigation has been 
traveled before a definite selection was made. 
It is also a tribute to the business acumen of 
the Mullins Co. in the equipment of their power 
boats—they will have “an engine with a factory 
behind it,” thus assuring their patrons relia¬ 
bility with satisfactory service. 
It is an evidence of the wide-spread popu¬ 
larity of the power boat and points to an era of 
unprecedented business demand to both boat 
and engine builders. 
The famous racing sloop Little Haste, owned 
by Nathaniel C. Nash, of Cambridge, Mass., has 
been sold to Fred B. Thurber, of Providence, 
R. I., through the agency of Hollis Burgess, of 
Boston. The sloop Setsu, owned by W. A. 
Green, of Cambridge, Mass., has also been sold 
to T. R. Goodwin, of Providence, R. I. The 
Herreshoff sloop Hope, owned by Mrs. S. P. 
Colt, of Bristol, R. I., has been sold to H. Hol¬ 
ton Wood, of Brookline, Mass., and the cruising 
knockabout Aspenet, owned by Prank Barr, of 
Winchester, Mass., has been sold to Francis A. 
Houston, of Concord, Mass., through the same 
agencv. 
* * at 
The Country Club of Detroit, through their 
Secretary, Mr. Frank C. Baldwin, announces 
the following dates: Aug. 31, Sept. 2 and 3 for 
the races for the Country Club competitive 
cup. and Sept 4 and 5 for the annual regatta. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
(Coni nued from page 466 ) 
Now Sam didn’t own the boat. A man in 
New York owned her, but as he hadn’t been 
paid for considerable work done on her and the 
keeping of her for two years, he felt as if he 
owned the largest share in her. He had stopped 
one man from fixing her up, saying she was not 
to be touched until he was paid for his work. 
So in answer to the short man’s inquiry as 
to how much he would settle for he said the boat 
owned him twenty-seven dollars. 
This seemed altogether too much. “Why, 
that’s more than the boat’s worth, ’ said the 
short man. 
Sam, who needed money just then, thought 
it over a minute and then came down in his 
price and said he would settle his claim for 
twenty dollars and not a cent less, but added 
that Hogan had a bill of four dollars against her 
as they had hauled her out together, each to re¬ 
ceive half the eight dollars charged, but never 
paid. 
So the pair went back to Hogan to settle with 
him. Instead of four dollars it was ten Mr. 
Hogan wanted. The men looked pretty pros¬ 
perous to him. 
The short man had done the bargaining with 
Sam so the tall man took Mr. Hogan in hand 
and got his figure down to seven dollars and fifty 
cents. 
It seems Mr. Hogan and Sam had once worked 
in harmony, but were now on the “outs.” Hogan 
called the boat builder “that square-headed 
Dutchman,” while Sam simply referred to 
Hogan as “dot feller over dere” and left you to 
imagine his opinion of him by the face he made 
when speaking of Hogan, and actions often speak 
louder than words. 
The bargaining had been going on by the bar 
room door that commanded a view of the two 
cutters, and Hogan finally remarked: “Go see 
if the Dutchman won’t take less; offer him 
fifteen dollars or nothing.” As the two sauntered 
back up the beach and stopped to smile at the 
two cannons by the flag pole he shouted : 
“Say! offer him-” and then he held up his 
two hands with fingers and thumbs spread to 
denote ten. 
Sam expected them back. “How much does 
he want?” he asked. “Ten,” replied the short 
man. “but he’ll take less. Will you settle for 
fifteen cash?” 
The contortions of his face showed _ a mental 
calculation was taking place that required time. 
He went off to shout some directions to the two 
men who with the help of an old nag called 
“Lady” were hauling out a yacht, while the two 
[March 30, 1907. 
customers looked over the various boats already 
lined up on the sand. 
The result of Sam's deliberations was an ac- | 
ceptance of the fifteen, and as he signed a receipt j 
for the money he remarked. 
Veil ! dot’s more den I ever expected to get 
from dot boat,” and then remorse overtook him 
and he added almost in the same breath, "but it’s 
a dom shame ven a mon earns his money dot 
THE LEAK IS FOUND. 
he can't get it. Fifteen dollars for twenty-seven, 
it's a dom shame, dot’s vot it is.” 
So the two w r ent back to Hogan s Alley, and 
while waiting for Hogan to finish his supper the 
tall man took out his fountain pen again and 
made out a receipt for Hogan’s bill on the back 
of Sam’s. 
Hogan was in a much better humor when he 
again appeared in the bar room, and when the 
tall man said, “Give us a drink, Mr. Hogan, and 
we’ll pay you a deposit on your account for 
Pup,” he was more than generous. 
“I’ll tell you what I’ll do,” said he. "Give 
me five dollars and we’ll call it square.” 
Now while the tall man had moneyto burn and 
the short man lived comfortably, it so happened 
they only had five dollars and ten cents left 
after paying Sam, and they had to get back 
to New York that night. 
It was a case of pay Hogan and walk home 
or ride home and lose the money. 
But the pair rode home lamenting the loss of 
two dollars and a half for the lack of another 
dime. 
[to BE CONTINUED.] 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Eastern Division.—Michael F. Lane, Lawrence, 
Mass., by F. W. Houston; Howard F. Mul- 
chahey, Providence, R. I., by S. B. Burnham. 1 
Western Division.—George Parsons, Rockford. 
Ill., by A. C. Gray; Edward Friedman and 
Walter W. Kellner, both of Milwaukee, Wis., t 
and both by J. DeG. Berkey. 
Central Division.—Walter H. Stifel, and 
Theodore Rentz, both of Allegheny, Pa., and 
both by W. H. Brown. 
BY CG DAVIS. 
